Hero of the Penalty Area

Chapter 7 The Big Tortoise of the Football Association (third more, ask for a monthly pass!)

Liverpool did not stay in England for half a month, mainly for physical training, to save energy for the new season, and then played two warm-up matches with the local team.

In these two games, Chen Yingxiong got the chance to play, once as a starter, and once as a substitute in the second half.

He scored a goal in each of the two games. With the cooperation of his teammates still rusty, both goals were scored by his super personal ability. One of the **** wasn't even a chance at all. He was shocked to knock the defensive player away with his body, grab the spot, and then scored the goal with a header.

Due to the joining of Chen Yingxiong, the two warm-up matches attracted a large number of fans. Seeing that Chen Yingxiong played for Liverpool for the first time, he scored a goal, and the fans cheered.

At the same time, this is also the first time Chen Yingxiong wears the Red Army's No. 9 jersey to appear on the stadium. Although it is not an official game, it is also a memorable moment.

After playing two warm-up matches, Liverpool set off to leave, officially starting their journey of commercial competition this summer, destination: China!

On July 16, Liverpool will play against Guangzhou Evergrande, the most popular football team in China today. Then came the highlight-a warm-up match against the Chinese national team in Changsha. This will be the last warm-up game of the Chinese national team before the Asian Cup qualifier play-off with Laos. After this game, they will play against Laos at home. Only if they defeated their opponents in two rounds of competition, they will be eligible to participate in the top 20 of the Asian qualifiers.

If they can't even pass Laos...

For Liverpool, these two warm-up matches are very high standards. You must know that Liverpool is not the most popular team in China now, if it is Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​Manchester United, Inter Milan and AC Milan. If you come to China, you might still get such treatment.

Evergrande is also the number one team in China today. It is called "Real Madrid of China". The Chinese national team will not say anything about it. No matter how strong the person is, it is also a team that represents a country.

In fact, when Chen Xing wanted to visit China in the first place, he did not find these warm-up opponents.

At that time, no one in Liverpool knew the news that Chen Yingxiong would join the team in the summer except for Chen Xing himself and Niang.

Therefore, when the commerce department arranged the schedule for the visit to China, the opponent of one match was Guangzhou Rizhiquan, and the other match was not Chinese at all, and the match was no longer held in China. Instead, it was at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Malaysia. , The opponent is the Malaysia star team.

At that time, Liverpool wanted to play against Evergrande. As a result, due to schedule problems, there was a Chinese Super League match on July 14th. At the end of July, the Chinese national team had the task of World Cup qualifiers. Evergrande’s international players had to report to the national team. At the same time, the Chinese Super League must also be taken into consideration. Therefore, Evergrande is not very interested in this game.

In fact, the above are all excuses. The fundamental reason lies in the lack of demonstrable results of Liverpool over the years and the decline in popularity year by year. Evergrande is now known as "Real Madrid of China", and it seems that it really has the vision of Real Madrid, and it is a bit insignificant to Liverpool...

Since Evergrande is not very interested, Liverpool can only change an opponent, which is also in Guangzhou Rizhiquan, but Rizhiquan is a Chinese team, but the level is one grade lower than Evergrande.

But there is no way, who makes Liverpool's reputation now unremarkable?

As a result, the situation suddenly changed. The media suddenly broke the news that Chen Yingxiong had an affair with Liverpool, and what was worse, Chen Yingxiong admitted!

At this moment, Liverpool suddenly became a sweet potato in the Chinese market.

Countless teams are vying to play against Liverpool and play warm-up matches. Because everyone knows that if you can play against Liverpool, you can definitely attract the attention of all Chinese fans. The ticket revenue on that day alone is astronomical, not to mention the advertising effect of media hype...

This time even Evergrande suddenly became enthusiastic.

While Liverpool hadn't talked with Sun Spring, he cut his head halfway and pulled Liverpool over. The game time was changed to July 16, only two days before the end of Evergrande’s league. But this time, what league schedule is tight, what international team is going to be transferred to the national team to prepare for the World Cup qualifiers... These are all no problems!

Although I think Evergrande is a bit snobbish, but this is exactly what Liverpool needs-if it is possible, who wants to play against a team like Sun Spring? Liverpool is here to open up the Chinese market. Of course, it has to play against the best and most well-known teams in China to have a sensational effect, so as to fully promote their image, enhance brand value, and win more attention in China, which will help them. Then expand to a wider market.

The match against Evergrande is definitely more beneficial to Liverpool than the match against Rizhiquan.

However, the match against the Chinese national team was a bit beyond Liverpool's expectations-if they could play against the Chinese team, it would certainly be better than the match against Evergrande. But Liverpool had never thought about this before...

Who would have thought that at this time, a fax was sent from the Chinese Football Association, hoping to contact a warm-up match around July 19th.

Later Liverpool learned that this game was because the incoming Chinese team coach Camacho matched the bridge and made a request, hoping that the Chinese team can have a warm-up match with Liverpool, so that he can observe the current level and composition of the Chinese team. ...

Camacho is the newly selected national team coach of the Chinese Football Association. He is the candidate to replace Gao Hongbo after the game against Laos. He has just signed the contract. It is naturally inconvenient for the Chinese Football Association to refuse his request. And they were put forward through Dalian Wanda Group, the current big funder and sponsor of the Chinese Football Association. They have just signed a cooperation agreement with the Chinese Football Association to invest in the selection of coaches and select young players to study abroad... Naturally, the Chinese Football Association dare not dare. excuse me.

So there is an invitation for such a game.

Being able to play against the Chinese national team naturally made the Liverpool club amazed. For other European teams, it should be no big deal to play against the Chinese team, but for the Liverpool club, which is determined to make money from the Chinese market, playing against the Chinese team is simply the best way to promote them.

How can such an invitation be rejected?

Immediately approve!

In fact, what they didn't know was that Camacho's request made the Chinese Football Association mumble for a while. It's very simple. In this game, they can imagine how embarrassing the Football Association will be with their ass...

A player who has been persevering in the Chinese Football Association and the General Administration of Sports, has never been able to be selected for the Chinese national team, but has to play in a business friendly match... How would the media and fans view this matter, based on their experience Thinking is very simple.

By the time the game hasn't been played, there will be overwhelming criticisms-such a powerful person, why don't you recruit into the national team?

What can the Football Association say, it can't be said that it is the opinion of the superior, right? This is really looking for death...

So I can only pretend to be a tortoise, shrinking his head without answering.

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The officials of the Football Association really have foresight, because since the announcement of this opponent, various domestic voices about Chen Yingxiong and the Chinese team have spread throughout the country. In these voices, there is no surprise, no suspense, of course, even insensitive... The Chinese Football Association has become the villain.

"...Chinese football is fighting black again, Wanda Group has spent money to build momentum, and it has invited famous coach Camacho or something, but these are all false! Chen Yingxiong is not as good as the Chinese national team, and Chinese football is only one day. It's not a bottoming out!"

"Don't tell me that the league is the root. The pursuit of the national team's performance is to seek quick success! As a Chinese fan, we have endured it for so many years. Our national team has been unable to make it into the top ten matches of the Asian region for two consecutive World Cups! The league is The long-term project, that may take a long time to see results. So before that, are we going to endure the endless winter for nothing? Maybe we may not be able to see the benefits of the league reform until we die. We know whether the national team's performance is good. It’s good to represent Chinese football, but is it impossible for us Chinese fans to huddle together in this hard winter and have a little hope? Summoning Chen Yingxiong into the national team may not be able to make the national team enter the Brazil World Cup finals. , But anyway, we can win a few more games in the qualifiers and score a few more beautiful goals? Couldn't such a small request satisfy us!"

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All kinds of voices converge into one sentence-let Chen Yingxiong enter the national team! We have to watch him play in the national team jersey!

The Chinese Football Association continued to remain silent in the face of these calls.

Until Liverpool was about to set foot on Chinese soil, Chen Yingxiong received a call from Dracula: "There is something, hero...a person on my side found me through our sponsor and wanted to talk to you. ."

"Is it a matter of signing an endorsement?" Chen Yingxiong asked.

"No. He just said that he wants to talk to you face to face, and it's the kind of private communication, and doesn't want to be spread out... Oh, yes, he is a Chinese, your compatriot."

"He didn't say what exactly was looking for me?"

"No."

After hearing this answer, Chen Yingxiong frowned. He couldn't figure out what needs to be so mysterious. If it’s because of the signing of endorsement, I’m afraid that the opponent will know it and obstruct it, which can barely be counted as a trade secret, but Nike asked me to sign the contract, and it did not engage in the same way as the underground worker’s connection. Find my agent, there are more twists and turns than Huanghe.

What kind of trouble is this?